[SCC_Active_Members] Of Interest to SCC - From Gutenberg to Galaxy: Accessing Cultural Assets Online

[Lee Courtney]

Hi all,

Sorry for the really last minute notice, but the following may be of
particular interest to SCC members.

Cheers,

Lee Courtney


CHM Presents "From Gutenberg to Galaxy: Accessing Cultural Assets Online"

Moderator:
Rick Prelinger, President, Internet Archive

Panelists:
-Czeslaw Jan Grycz, CEO, Octavo
-Paula Jabloner, Archivist, Computer History Museum
-Henry Lowood, Stanford Curator for History of Science and Technology
Collections
-Mark Mudge, CEO, Cultural Heritage Imaging

Member Reception - 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture - 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Computer History Museum
Hahn Auditorium
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd.
Mountain View, CA 94043
http://www.computerhistory.org/events/directions/museum_map.html

REGISTRATION
Free. Suggested donation of $10.00 at the door from non-members.
For more information on the event, please visit the Museum's Web site at
http://www.computerhistory.org/access_02232005
or call (650) 810-1005.

ABSTRACT
Few of us dispute the importance of providing access to our cultural
heritage. Yet we still seem years away from fulfilling the promises of
access: opening long-dormant archives, enriching culture and begetting
creativity, and turning cultural consumers into producers. What can we
do, and what are we now doing, to resolve obstacles to access, whether
rooted in financial, legal or quality concerns? Focusing on how we might
navigate these obstacles and turn them into opportunities, our panelists
will discuss what they have done to provide access to cultural assets,
how their mindsets about access have developed, and where they hope
cultural access will evolve.

BACKGROUND
Odysseys in Technology, A Computer History Museum Speaker Series
Sponsored by Sun Microsystems Laboratories presents people and
perspectives behind extraordinary innovations and advancements in the
computer technology-related world.